This course introduces participants to a trauma-informed and resilience-focused mindset. Participants will learn about the experience of trauma as one that impacts a person’s body and shown a demonstration of trauma’s impact on the brain. There will be a strong focus on resilience using the four universal needs of all human beings as explained by the Circle of Courage model including belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity.

Workshop will create an safe environment while discussing helpful tools to deal with anxiety, depression and panic arise.

Healing through the use of art therapeutic expression.

Combined with prayers, smudging brings us closer to the Creator. The smoke helps purify and protect our bodies, spirits and living spaces. Smudging also improves mood, alleviates stress and insomnia, and helps shift negative energies

A workshop for men looking to find their inner modern warrior.

There is a time in every girl’s life that they become young women. It is during this time that it is very important that the transition is guided through ceremonial protocol.

Totamaso is a Cree word that means “do it yourself” Many people are stuck in a huge rut with their grief, anger, regrets, broken relationships etc. and have no clue on how to get un-stuck. This workshop is about learning how to get un-stuck.

This workshop will enable participants to acknowledge their loss of loved ones, to re-access the impact on their lives, and to celebrate the gift of learning that comes from loss.

This presentation will journey through three phases of our collective experience. It focuses on our Cree worldview, traditions, values, beliefs and language that have been passed down to us. Secondly, there will be a brief review of the European influence on our lives and, finally, where we are today and how we can continue to practice what has been passed down to us by our elders.